Jewels by Pierre Cavassilas(
Visual
)15
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
4
languages
and held by
495 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
George Balanchine's world-famous abstract ballet. Lyric tribute to women and the capital cities of the great dance schools

La dame aux camélias : ballet in a prologue and three acts by Frédéric Chopin(
Visual
)13
editions published
between
2008
and
2009
in
4
languages
and held by
283 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This is a performance of Chopin's La Dame aux camelias, performed by Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris and Ballet
of the Opéra national de Paris (Paris Opera Ballet), and conducted by Michael Schmidtsdorff

Prima Princessa presents Swan lake by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
268 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The animated fairy ballerina, Prima Princessa, magically transports a group of pre-school girls to see the ballet Swan Lake,
performed by the Paris Opera Ballet. ... In between each act ... the children learn a simple ballet step"--Container

Ballet favourites(
Visual
)6
editions published
between
1998
and
2011
in
English and No Linguistic content
and held by
249 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A compilation of excerpts from ballets showcases the talents of many of the greatest dancers of recent years

Appartement by Thomas Grimm(
Visual
)14
editions published
between
2003
and
2013
in
4
languages
and held by
246 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Mats Ek, an award-winning freelance choreographer, created Appartement for the Opera National de Paris using the metaphor
of an apartment to express isolation. A series of curtains open in turn on a succesion of iconic household items

Picasso and dance by Opéra National de Paris(
Visual
)13
editions published
between
1994
and
2006
in
English
and held by
241 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A program commemorating Pablo Picasso as an artistic collaborator with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The first part of
the program, The story of a marriage uses Picasso's portrait of his ballerina wife Olga Koklova as a departure point for discussions
of his designs for the ballets Parade, Le tricorne, Pulcinella, Mercure, and Le train bleu. The second part consists of reconstructions
of two ballets, recorded in performance by the Paris Opéra Ballet at the Palais Garnier. Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was
involved in creating the designs for nine ballets. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered
Hat) from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet.
Le Train Bleu is an operetta dansé of a chic and flippant society. Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario, mockingly celebrates
the cult of open air life, fine bodies and sport. The dances are inspired by golf, tennis, swimming and acrobatics. Le Tricorne
is Spanish from start to finish. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, created sets, costumes, and a stage curtain, which evokes
the atmosphere of the ballet by means of a typically Spanish scene. The story, told with humour and warmth, is of a miller's
wife, her jealous husband and a senile magistrate by whom she is pursued

Angelin Preljocaj : bonus material by Jean-Michel Plouchard(
Visual
)6
editions published
between
2004
and
2007
in
French and English
and held by
232 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Live recording of two ballets choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj

Swan lake(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2006
in
No Linguistic content and English
and held by
214 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Rudolf Nureyev's personal vision of one of the world's most popular ballets: Swan Lake, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet.
Swan Lake is the vision of a poet: the beloved belongs to another world, the young woman/swan rendered inaccessible by virtue
of her condition. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov gave form to this fantasy in 1895, using the poignant score that Tchaikovsky
had composed in 1877. In the "Freudian" version that Rudolf Nureyev staged for the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1984, the Prince
Siegfried refuses the realities of power and marriage that his mother and tutor seek to impose upon him. He takes refuge in
the imaginary, a vision of a magical lake that offers an idealized love that he is incapable of sustaining. In this production
for the Paris Opéra, Nureyev remained faithful to the Petipa/Ivanov version, doing away with the character of the Jester
(added in 1920, by Alexander Gorsky), and reintroducing the tutor Wolfgang -- an authoritative and important influence on
the prince -- to Act I. It is Siegried's feverish imagination that transforms the tutor, in the following acts, into the malevolent
Rothbart, a diabolical manipulator of bodies and souls. An equivocal, double-faced character, he symbolises a spirit of destruction
that opposes the hero's idealism. "For me, Swan Lake is one long daydream seen through the eyes of prince Siegfried. Reared
on romantic reading, his desire for infinity has been fired and he refuses the reality of the power and the forced marriage
marriage imposed by his tutor and his mother. To escape from the dreary destiny that is being prepared for him, he brings
the vision of the lake, this "elsewhere" for which he yearns, into his life. An idealized love is born in his mind, along
with the prohibition that it represents. (The white swan is the untouchable woman, the black swan the reverse mirror image,
just as the evil Rothbart is a corrupt substitute for Wolfgang, the tutor). And so when the dream fades away, the sanity of
the prince does not know how to survive." Rudolf Nureyev, Propos recueillis (1984) "The Prince, a type of Hamlet, rearranged
by Pouchkine and who would like ... not to be" Horst Koegler

Balanchine in Paris(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2011
in
French
and held by
191 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Balanchine in Paris is the most recent film in the collection, Etoiles pour l'example, by the distinguished French film maker,
Dominique Delouche. Throughout his life, the Russian-born choreographer, more usually associated with New York City Ballet
which he founded with Lincoln Kirstein in 1934, kept close contact with France, the country where his first creations were
staged and where he so nearly became the artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet. He would even choose French perfumes
for each of his ballerinas and always insisted upon having a French ballerina in his company. In his film, two of these almost
legendary figures, Violette Verdy and Ghislaine Thesmar, are shown coaching younger dancers at the Palais Garnier in Paris
the roles that they themselves were taught by the great master, for nearly 30 of his works, including ballets created especially
for the company, or re-staged for the French dancers, form part of the repertory of the Paris Opera Ballet today. Indeed,
the film opens with shots of Thesmar and Michael Denard interpreting the grand adage from the second movement of Le Palais
de Cristal, created for the company in 1947, and now danced as Symphony in C, before superimposing shots of Isabelle Ciaravola
and Hervé Moreau being coached in the same pas de deux by Ghislaine Thesmar herself."--Review by Patricia Boccadoro, http://www.culturekiosque.com

Cinderella(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2008
in
No Linguistic content and English
and held by
185 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Le songe de Médée(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
2004
in
French
and held by
184 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A contemporary ballet freely based on the Greek myth of Medea, which explores a woman's soul, portraying her paradoxically
as a tender loving mother and a tormented victim who sacrifices everything, including her children, for love

MC 14/22 "ceci est mon corps"(
Visual
)2
editions published
between
2004
and
2007
in
French and English
and held by
173 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

La petite danseuse de Degas : a ballet in two parts by Vincent Bataillon(
Visual
)15
editions published
between
2010
and
2016
in
4
languages
and held by
170 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Paris Opera Ballet Master and choreographer Patrice Bart plunges into the Opera's past and brings Degas' famous statuette
to life. From the rehearsal rooms to the Cabaret du Chat Noir, the ballet conjures up a colourful era and the lively backstage
world of a theatre

Paris dances Diaghilev(
Visual
)24
editions published
between
1990
and
2017
in
4
languages
and held by
163 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Four works of the Ballet Russes, recreated in their original sets, costumes and choreography, preformed by the Paris Opera
Ballet as a tribute to Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872-1929)"--Original VHS container

The sleeping beauty by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky(
Visual
)9
editions published
between
2000
and
2010
in
4
languages
and held by
160 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The Sleeping Beauty remains, as Rudolf Nureyev often called it "the ballet of ballets". This new production from the Paris
Opera Ballet stars Aurélie Dupont, one of the most charasmatic principal dancers of today

La Sylphide : ballet en deux actes by François Roussillon(
Visual
)5
editions published
between
2005
and
2011
in
No Linguistic content and English
and held by
156 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
TDK presents Pierre Lacotte's landmark reconstruction of the romantic ballet La Sylphide, long regarded as a classic in its
own right. Recording took place at performances by the Opera National de Paris, at the Palais Garnier in July 2004

Paris dances Diaghilev(
Visual
)2
editions published
in
1992
in
English
and held by
152 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Four ballets of the Ballets Russes, recreated in their original sets, costumes and choreography, performed by the Paris Opera
Ballet as a tribute to Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

La danse : le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris by Frederick Wiseman(
Visual
)11
editions published
between
2009
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
148 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world's best ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven
ballets: Genus by Wayne McGregor, Medea by Angelin Preljocaj, The House of Bernarda Alba by Mats Ek, Paquita by Pierre Lacotte,
The Nutcracker by Rudolph Nureyev, Orpheus and Eurydice by Pina Bausch, and Romeo and Juliet by Sasha Waltz. The film shows
the work involved in administering the company and the coordinated and collaborative work of choreographers, ballet masters,
dancers, musicians, and costume, set, and lighting designers